Flight-training centers expansion is subject of Thursday hearing

MOONACHIE — Aviation-training firm Flight Safety International is planning to enlarge its facility at Teterboro Airport and is scheduled to continue its request for a variance for the project at a public hearing today.

The company submitted its application before the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission in June for variances to construct a two-story addition to its facility at 100 Moonachie Ave., documents show.

The 23,330-square-foot addition, across the street from Teterboro Airport, is located in the commission's "light industrial B zone" and would include expansion to a neighboring property at 51 Romeo St., where an existing structure would be demolished.

James P. Rhatican, attorney for the flight safety company, could not be reached for comment about the application.

The variances include permission to use vehicles in a front yard area and to ease the project's parking requirements, according to documents.

Flight Safety International provides training and supplies flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations.

The company has learning centers across the U.S. and in several countries, according to its website.

The public hearing is scheduled today at 10 a.m. at the NJMC offices in Lyndhurst.